Raju Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.80693 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-947 Year-2024 Thana- GAYA MUFASIL District- Gaya ====================================================== Raju Singh S/o Late Baliram Singh @ Rambali Ram R/o Vill- Bhadeja, PSMufassil, Dist- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Priya Ranjan For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Nand Kishore Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 16-01-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 190, 191(2), 191(3), 109, 303(2), 317(2), 317 (4), 317(5), 111, 125, 132, 121(1), 121(2) of the B.N.S., 2023 and Section 27 of the Arms Act.
3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of two cases and the informant alleges that based on secret information regarding extracting sand by sand mafia, the police conducted raid at the bank of Falgu river and apprehended six persons on the spot with 21 tractors loaded with sand along with one Hero Honda motorcycle.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that FIR
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.80693 of 2025(3) dt.16-01-2026 2/3 was instituted against 34 named accused and 50-60 unknown accused. It is further submitted that petitioner is not named in the FIR and he came to be implicated based on the fact that his tractor was found loaded with sand. It is next submitted that petitioner gives his tractor on hire and as such was not aware that the same would be used in extraction of sand illegally. It is further submitted that petitioner will not abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation to prove his innocence. It is next submitted that similar situated co-accused Sunil Saw @ Sunil Kumar @ Sunil Kumar Gupta had approached this Court seeking anticipatory bail by filing Cr. Misc. No.63955/2025 and the same came to be allowed by an order dated 26.09.2025.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty-five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Muffasil
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.80693 of 2025(3) dt.16-01-2026 3/3 P.S. Case No. 947 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.
7. However, it is made clear that in the event, if the Investigating Officer of the case files an application before the learned trial court bringing to its notice that the petitioner, despite giving assurance to this Court, is not cooperating in the investigation, in that event, the learned trial court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. (Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T